The impact of workplace policies and other social factors on self-reported influenza-like illness incidence during the 2009 H1N1 pandemic

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 134-140

  Kumar, Supriya ^a   Quinn, Sandra Crouse ^a   Kim, Kevin H ^b   Daniel, Laura H ^c   Freimuth, Vicki S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PANDEMIC; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMICS; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; RISK FACTORS; SICK LEAVE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84857334231     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300307     Document Type: Article

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